The word "metric" is correct and usable in written English.
It is commonly used in contexts describing measurements and calculations, usually related to science and mathematics. For example, "The metric used to measure the success of the program was quality of customer service."
The deal outlined cash payments for 720,000 tons of fuel oil to Syria in monthly shipments, the paper said: Iraq offered Syria a discount of 50% below the market price, plus a $5 discount per metric ton, according to the contract.
Speaking to the Guardian as he was about to board another plane, Gunness said150 metric tons of aid was being flown to Jordan from where the agency hopes it will then be driven to Gaza.
Apple said its carbon footprint in 2013 was 33.8m metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2013, or around 5% of the UK's annual CO2 emissions for the same year.
Some 7,000 metric tonnes of refuse is spewed out each day.
Such pricing isn't new online (cost-per-click is a standard metric for banner ads, for instance), but Twitter's offering – which is being rolled out to all users after a 10-month trial period – is a big deal for the company.
Vermont two years ago became the first state in the US to pass a law introducing a new metric for measuring economic performance and success.
Then the Rhode Island Democrat urged the United States to adopt the metric system.
The Obama administration anticipates that the new caps would reduce harmful emissions by 26m metric tonnes by 2025 from 2008 levels and save taxpayers up to $18bn.
Then again, as a onetime Republican who opposed the Iraq war and champions the metric system, Chafee doesn't seem scared of an uphill battle.
Chafee is likely the only presidential candidate to endorse the metric system and equivocate on Isis.
Brazil is far from being an innocent bystander of climate change – even by its own metric of historical responsibility.
